Powder-puff.



Patented My 29, I902.

R E A M U G L. M

POWDER PUFF.

(Application fileimr. 12, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES T PATENT OFFICE.

MARIE LOUISE GUMAER, OF GU'YMARD, NEW YORK.

POWDER-PU FF. I

SPECIFICATION formingpart of LettersPatent No. 705,887, dated July 29,1902.

Applicationfiled March 12. 1901.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, MARIE LOUISE GUMAER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Guymard, in the county of Orange and State of New York, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in a Combined PoWderRecep-. tacleand Pad, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a powder-puff for toilet use, whose leadingcharacteristics may be summarized as follows: I combine with areceptacle having convenient means for be ing charged with powder adischarge-surface composed of soft material for dabbing upon the skinand provided with a series of small perforations for egress of thepowder, together with a plunger-plate connected with the handle, by theoperation whereof the powder may be ejected in a suitable manner. a

In the drawings annexed'to this specification, Figure 1 is a verticalsectional view of my improved reservoir powder puif. Fig; 2 is a bottomplan view thereof. Fig. 3 is a top plan view. Fig. 4 is a detailsectional view of the cap portion of the device, and Fig. 5 is a similarview of a modified form of cap portion.

In carrying out my invention I employ a sack or bag portion A, of silkor other textile material, having a base-piece B, which ispreferably ofchamois-leather or other soft material, serving as a pad with which'toapply powder to the face, 8m, and G indicates a neck portion, of metalor other hard substance, suitably connected about the opening to thebag. The neck portion 0 consists of a hollow stem 0, having the upperand lower radial disks 0 0*, the space between said disks being adaptedto receive and clamp the edge of the material of bag A about itsopeningand to form a rigid mouth therefor. As seen in Fig. 4., the stem 0 isscrew-threaded exteriorly to supportone of the disks, as c, the disk 0being integral with the stem. The hollow stem 0 is interiorly threadedto receive a screw-stopper D, the latter also serving as a handle withwhich to operate the device. A disk E, of stiff material (see Fig. 4)and having a central aperture, is secured beneath the lower disk 0within the bag or receptaole, said disk E having a diameter equal to$erial No. 50,838. (No model.)

that of the receptacle to distend the latter and give it a desiredshoulder conformation.

Instead of using the separate disk E the disk 0 may be enlarged tosupply its place, as seen in Fig. 1.

The base-piece B is provided with a series of perforations, as Z),(whichincidentally may be arranged in the form of a monogram or suitabledevice,) for the emission of powder contained by the receptacle in theoperation of the device. Said base-piece B is, however,

lined interiorly with a covering G, of cheese cloth or other gauzy oropen material capable of supporting toilet powder under normalconditions, but being permeable thereby un der a slight pressure.

In the operation of my said invention I charge the receptacle withtoilet powder through the hollow neck portion, first removing the capfor that purpose. I then replace the cap, which becomes an operativehandle to be grasped by the user, and the base B is dabbed against theface or part to be powdered. In this action the flexible wall of thedevice acts as a bellows, while the stiffeningdisk E or its equivalentserves as a plunger or piston to force the powder through the permeablepiece of material G and the perforations of the base-pad B, by the outersurface of which latter it is suitably applied to theperson.

I donot limit myself to the exact detail structures herein shown anddescribed, being aware that the same are susceptible to various changeswithin the scope and spirit of my invention, and I desire to claim,broadly, as follows:

1. In a combined powder-receptacle and powder-puff, a flexible baghaving a permeable base, a neck portion comprising a hollow stem andsubstantially parallel plates between which the upper edge of said bagis adapted to be received and clamped, and a stopper adapted to closesaid stem and serve as a handle, substantially as described.

2. In a combined powder-receptacle and powder-puff, a flexible baghaving a permeable base, and a neck portion comprising anexteriorly-screw-threaded stem, a plate rigidly supported thereby and asecond plate substantially parallel therewith adapted in connection withsaid screw-threads to engage the upper edge of said bag and clamp itagainst said first-mentioned plate, substantially as described.

3. In a combined powder receptacle and pad, a flexible bag having apermeable base, a removable neck portion comprising an interiorly andexteriorly screw-threaded hollow stem, a plate rigidly attached theretowhereby the mouth of said bag is distended and pressure is exerted onthe contents of said bag, a second plate substantially paralleltherewith adapted in connection with said exterior threads to engage theedges of the

